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I got an invite from a friend, Francis a week ago if I am interested in a couple’s ride on Feb. 14th. Just a newbie friendly ride, where our wives can handle, especially his wife, since that will be her first trail ride. I already introduced my wife on trail riding so it won’t be a problem for her. The plan is to ride the La Mesa trail, but Francis told me that there will be a lot of people who will ride on that day, so, he suggested to go to Sta. Elena, instead. I replied, that it won’t be a problem for me. So, instead of going up north on February 14th, we went down south for our couples valentine’s ride.
Upon arriving at Sta. Elena, we’d got problem that the security guard won’t let us enter the village if we don’t have a resident companion or an invite from any of the Sta. Elena residence. Because of it, we decided to go to Nuvali.
At Nuvali, we found out that a trail run race sponsored by “North Face” was held. Thus, we’re not able to use the trail as the race is still on-going.

We decided to hit the road first, then went on inside an under developed village at Nuvali. A good introduction for Jam, Francis wife, about riding on a dirt road.

After it, we went on to try the 4x track while waiting for the trail run race completion. It was fun, a good work-out for me and francis. We wish that we have a 4x bike to make it even more fun. I have my heavy downhill bike with me with a 26×2.7 tire up front and a 26×2.5 tire on the rear. While Francis have his Fuji cross-country bike.

Our wives tried it too. Perhaps, they get excited while watching us. But, anything can’t be ridden for them. But, that’s okay as we don’t want them to be too aggressive. Agressiveness should precede skill improvement.

Around 10:30AM, trail running ended, and we decided to get inside the Nuvali cross-country trail. It was a good ride for us specifically for our wives. Noting that they both smiles after the ride.

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